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secretary of state john kerry and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called nigeria's president, goodluck jonathan, to ask him to oppose the measure. the united states was expected to veto the measure if it passed. the vote came amidst widening support for palestinian statehood, with an increasing number of european countries taking steps to recognize palestine. u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power explained why the u.s. objected. >> today's staged confrontation in the un security council will not bring the parties closer to achieving a two state solution. we voted against this resolution not because we're indifferent to the daily hardships or the security threats endured by palestinians and israelis, but because we know those hardships will not cease and those threats will not subside until the parties reach a conference of settlement achieved through negotiation. >> the obama administration has released five more prisoners from guantÁnamo bay. the prisoners include two men from tunisia and three from yemen who have been held for a dozen years without charge. t
secretary of state john kerry and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called nigeria's president, goodluck jonathan, to ask him to oppose the measure. the united states was expected to veto the measure if it passed. the vote came amidst widening support for palestinian statehood, with an increasing number of european countries taking steps to recognize palestine. u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power explained why the u.s. objected. >> today's staged confrontation in...
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religiously diverse nation in the world more than say iran or afghanistan and far less than vietnam or nigeria or new zealand for instance. some might say that the preponderance of the diversity was a or secretion of the religious diversity lies on how we rank them in order to get to majority versus minority members but instead in the past diversity that we have among the non-christians and on the one hand, there is some truth to that in our country you can find almost any faith if you go looking for it. but on the other hand, the sort of acceptance must be viewed with great caution. consider for example that the vast majority of america's non-christian population, the 25% are non-christian the vast majority of those claimed to have no religion at all. a group that is approaching 20% of all americans and we will hear about this later from the professor. all of the other religious minorities put together jews muslims, hindus and on and on and on. when you put them all together they totaled 5.3% of the population. so if almost every faith in the world can be found in the united states, america c
religiously diverse nation in the world more than say iran or afghanistan and far less than vietnam or nigeria or new zealand for instance. some might say that the preponderance of the diversity was a or secretion of the religious diversity lies on how we rank them in order to get to majority versus minority members but instead in the past diversity that we have among the non-christians and on the one hand, there is some truth to that in our country you can find almost any faith if you go...
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nigeria being with them. those who voted against, u.s. and australia, or those who abstained? >> what you're seeing from the perspective of the international reaction to this issue is there is a camp that is now growing in support of palestinian statehood through international means. through international efforts as opposed to what has been called a so-called peace process, shepherded by the united states. that process in the eyes of many, many people is now completely defunct. it has not produced security for israel, not liberated the palestinians, not ended the occupation. at the end of the day after 20 25 years of this process, many people are saying, it's no longer working. something new has to begin. and so some have been pushing the palestinians to try to go through international arenas. like the united nations. as you see, they're trying to put more pressure by doing things like the international criminal court. there's growing calls for all kinds of boycott movements and sanctions movements against israel. so, because that is shifting to the international arena, you're
nigeria being with them. those who voted against, u.s. and australia, or those who abstained? >> what you're seeing from the perspective of the international reaction to this issue is there is a camp that is now growing in support of palestinian statehood through international means. through international efforts as opposed to what has been called a so-called peace process, shepherded by the united states. that process in the eyes of many, many people is now completely defunct. it has not...
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. >> people have been killed on a bus in nigeria. it happened in the northeast of the country. the region is the scene of regular attacks by the armed group boko haram. >>> christian leaders in ghana are calling for prayer camps in the country. some have been accused of taking advantage of the vulnerables. >> this is action worldwide prayer accounts. apart from the few dollars visitors can stay at this camp for free although donations are gratefully received. this woman came to the camp as an hiv patient. >> one day when we were praying they asked us to come together and pray for the blood of jesus. the heavens opened and the blood of jesus was flowing from jesus. it was as if i had been i had been given an injection. >> reporter: the dink was just symbolic, but after that experience she went back to the hospital and they say is she is no longer hiv positive. her daughter is also hiv free. she has been cast out of her community. >> somebody must be there to check security. someone must be there to check sanitation and make sure that human rights issues are done right, and then
. >> people have been killed on a bus in nigeria. it happened in the northeast of the country. the region is the scene of regular attacks by the armed group boko haram. >>> christian leaders in ghana are calling for prayer camps in the country. some have been accused of taking advantage of the vulnerables. >> this is action worldwide prayer accounts. apart from the few dollars visitors can stay at this camp for free although donations are gratefully received. this woman...
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i give the floor to the representative of nigeria. >> i thank you, mr. president. nigeria believes in the critical role of the security council, in seeking lasting peace in the middle east based on security council resolutions, the support of land for peace, the roadmap for peace in the middle east and the arab peace initiative. we are convinced that collective action by this council is critical in advancing and expediting the peace process and serves as the most important catalyst in the conflict. nigeria's perspectives on the question of palestine have been consistently guided by positions regarding the rule of law and respect for the principles of international law and justice. we have an abiding respect for the committee of the palestinian people to self-determination and independence. that is why we encourage both sides to demonstrate flexibility in their long-term strategic interest. there is no alternative to a two state solution with israel and palestine living together side by side in peace and security. nigeria remains supportive of the rights of the pale
i give the floor to the representative of nigeria. >> i thank you, mr. president. nigeria believes in the critical role of the security council, in seeking lasting peace in the middle east based on security council resolutions, the support of land for peace, the roadmap for peace in the middle east and the arab peace initiative. we are convinced that collective action by this council is critical in advancing and expediting the peace process and serves as the most important catalyst in the...
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. >> the flight of hundreds of school girls taken during a musab deduction in nigeria. >> this is an act of pure evil. >> international outrage from tweets to the streets. >> bring back our girls. >> haunting images from ukraine, illustrating the scope of the tragedy of malaysia airlines flight 317. >> people are talking about passengers falling from the sky. >>> deepening crisis new trouble in ukraine. russian forces have invaded and now have complete control of the country's crimea region. >>> airasia jetliner vanishes. third major disaster involving a plane from that region in the last year. >>> closely monitoring the largest ebola outbreak in history. >> come to our aid. >> this effort to contain ebola is turning into a widescale international operation. >> it's here. major fear tied to the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. >> second health care worker has been diagnosed with ebola. >> a nurse just back from west africa slamming the rules that landed her in isolation. >> i remain appalled by these home quarantined policies. >> are you worried about a stigma? >> i have
. >> the flight of hundreds of school girls taken during a musab deduction in nigeria. >> this is an act of pure evil. >> international outrage from tweets to the streets. >> bring back our girls. >> haunting images from ukraine, illustrating the scope of the tragedy of malaysia airlines flight 317. >> people are talking about passengers falling from the sky. >>> deepening crisis new trouble in ukraine. russian forces have invaded and now have...
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india's narendra modi in nigeria, boko haram moves to attack and pitch battle all as oil plummets in price causing serious headaches. like every year you can look back and say, that was a time . >> one of the biggest moments for u.s. foreign policy in 2014, august 7th, president barack obama announcing the u.s.' mission to degrade and destroy the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. with the help of international coalition. the strength of the relatively new force took iraq and the region by spruce. iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki stepped down. syria began to deteriorate into one of the worse civil wars and humanitarian crises on earth. 2014 saw rapid escalation. israel and gaza. and de-escalation. the u.s. nato combat mission depends afghanistan. some regions saw both conflict and celebration in 2014. ukraine elected a new president, then russia annexes crimea and russian-backed rebels battle for donetsk. and downing of a passenger yet. the west fights russia's president vladimir putin with words. >> russia's aggressive actions elsewhere in ukraine as well as the spre
india's narendra modi in nigeria, boko haram moves to attack and pitch battle all as oil plummets in price causing serious headaches. like every year you can look back and say, that was a time . >> one of the biggest moments for u.s. foreign policy in 2014, august 7th, president barack obama announcing the u.s.' mission to degrade and destroy the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. with the help of international coalition. the strength of the relatively new force took iraq and...
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states and australian, and also special appear ration for the president of rwanda and the president of nigeria. i spoke with both of them they told me and promised me personally that they would not support this resolution. they kept their word and that's what clenched this matter. >> let's go live to ramallah. i mentioned something about it an hour ago, a senior palestinian leader saying no more waiting. we will meet and make decisions. what kinds of decisions can be made? >> well, david this was supposed to be a day of major celebration, you might be able to hear sirens and drums behind me. there is a huge procession going on behind me. the reason for that is is today marks 50 years since the creation of the fattah party. i think in their calculus they would also be celebrating the passing of that u.n. resolution with the nine votes, but that wasn't the case and that has cast a shadow over these celebrations. whatever the case in an hour or two the palestinian leadership will be meeting, discussing how they can move this forward, and they seem to be determined to do just that. in the long ter
states and australian, and also special appear ration for the president of rwanda and the president of nigeria. i spoke with both of them they told me and promised me personally that they would not support this resolution. they kept their word and that's what clenched this matter. >> let's go live to ramallah. i mentioned something about it an hour ago, a senior palestinian leader saying no more waiting. we will meet and make decisions. what kinds of decisions can be made? >> well,...
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the strategic landscape from nigeria to pakistan, from russia to venezuela is almost immeasureably worse than it was when obama took office. and the fact that steve didn't press him on any of the hard stuff tells you what you need to know about the state of npr and obama. trace: i'm guessing you didn't like the interview colonel. stab in the dark. >> i'm not an npr basher. i listen to npr when i'm driving. i's fine. my god, ask tough questions guys. don't suck up all the time. trace: colonel ralph peters, happy new year, good to see you. >> happy new year to you or as putin would say -- [speak being russian ♪ trace: heather. heather: a major test for the white house after detention of several activists in cuba. how this could affect efforts to normalize relations with the communist nation. trace: an avalanche is burying cars. that is not snow. it is salt. we'll tell you where it happened next. hi, i'm henry winkler and i'm here to tell homeowners that are sixty-two and older about a great way to live a better retirement... it's called a reverse mortgage. call right now to receive your
the strategic landscape from nigeria to pakistan, from russia to venezuela is almost immeasureably worse than it was when obama took office. and the fact that steve didn't press him on any of the hard stuff tells you what you need to know about the state of npr and obama. trace: i'm guessing you didn't like the interview colonel. stab in the dark. >> i'm not an npr basher. i listen to npr when i'm driving. i's fine. my god, ask tough questions guys. don't suck up all the time. trace:...
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el 15 de abril 275 niÑas fueron secuestradas en una escuela en nigeria por terroristas de boco haram. aproximadamente 230 siguen desaparecidas a mediados de diciembre el mismo grupo matÓ 32 personas y secuestro a otra 185, oscar pistorius. escuchÓ su sentencia de cinco aÑos en prisiÓn por homicidio. la familia de la perciben o bien los fiscales dijeron que apelarÁn. el vaticano adoptÓ nos polÍticas hacia los sacerdotes vinculados abusos sexuales contra menores. el papa francisco se convirtiÓ primer pontÍfice la historia en ordenar un arresto de un nuncio por pederastia, este aÑo francisco santificÓ a juan pablo ii y juan xxiii siendo el tapatÍa con proclamado mÁs santos >> gracias por continuar en sintonÍa en paraguay un anciano de 71 aÑos cocteau una media de reclamo drÁsticas justificarse para de mandar el pago de sus derechos laborales. el trabajadores retirados se sumÓ a otros 4 hombres que se clavaron las manos en dÍas anteriores frente la embajada de brasil en asunciÓn. todos exigen el pavor atractivo de sus beneficios adeudados por empresas contratistas estam
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nigeria, 80% of people are optimistic about the coming year. i'm surprised about that. >> grumpy french people? never. >> our colleagues all dismiss it. they say that is in our nature. 1[laughter] >> thanks. time for the press review. ♪ welcome back. it is time to take a look at what is making headlines in the papers. first of all, russia is in the spotlight after the opposition leader and his brother were handed down sentences for fraud and money laundering. >> there is a photo of the brothers on the front page of the "wall street journal." political activists have called the trial politically motivated. hours after he was sentenced for embezzlement, he broke his house arrest to join an opposition rally in moscow. you can read it -- about it in the "moscow times." this is a photo of him heading towards the moscow rally. he and more than 100 protesters were arrested and police put him back under house arrest. >> many people in the west are highly critical of what russia is doing. >> let's take a look at the editorial in the "wall street journ
nigeria, 80% of people are optimistic about the coming year. i'm surprised about that. >> grumpy french people? never. >> our colleagues all dismiss it. they say that is in our nature. 1[laughter] >> thanks. time for the press review. ♪ welcome back. it is time to take a look at what is making headlines in the papers. first of all, russia is in the spotlight after the opposition leader and his brother were handed down sentences for fraud and money laundering. >> there...
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were still importing oil but it's just not from nigeria. as a jew political impact on nigeria, and i think even though oil is not being used in at all as whether it is of being something that can counteract the peacekeeping and the other efforts we have in these very fragile nations around the world. venezuela was mentioned. >> i'm thinking particular russia and mr. putin. will our exports have more impact on his behavior than our military or diplomatic activity? >> it's a good question but i do think that russia is reeling from the price of oil. so it's not out exports that are really changing what's going on in russia right now. it's just the amount per barrel of oil. that's not about our exports spent if i could weigh in on that. the problem we have is twofold. we've had a lot of i think compassion proposals do something to help ukraine with the russian crisis, and to the geopolitical events, but the reality is of course that i oil and gas are owned by private companies and they are likely to shift the oil, or gas oil if we allowed it to
were still importing oil but it's just not from nigeria. as a jew political impact on nigeria, and i think even though oil is not being used in at all as whether it is of being something that can counteract the peacekeeping and the other efforts we have in these very fragile nations around the world. venezuela was mentioned. >> i'm thinking particular russia and mr. putin. will our exports have more impact on his behavior than our military or diplomatic activity? >> it's a good...
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. >> nigeria abstained. gag back to the question of why the u.s. did not support the resolution, was it because of security concerns? what was it? here you have the palestinians trying to seek a political solution which the u.s. wants and yet they are not onboard with this resolution. >> that's right. we only have to listen to the statement put out -- read out by the u.s.'s ambassador to the united nation, stephanie powers said that this resolution was in her words one-sided that it didn't look at the other side of this and that is why the u.s. didn't support this resolution. it really does put the u.s.'s involvement in this conflict under a spotlight. many questions are being raised about whether or not the u.s. will ever support the palestinian's cause to effectively have their own state. >> >> thank you. >> no progress in that meeting between new york city's mayor and the five unions representing the police force the two sides meeting for an unprecedented two hour summit. the wrist has been widening since the shooting death of two officers, the
. >> nigeria abstained. gag back to the question of why the u.s. did not support the resolution, was it because of security concerns? what was it? here you have the palestinians trying to seek a political solution which the u.s. wants and yet they are not onboard with this resolution. >> that's right. we only have to listen to the statement put out -- read out by the u.s.'s ambassador to the united nation, stephanie powers said that this resolution was in her words one-sided that it...
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we are probably going to have implications for nigeria and the north sea because that's -- the eagle ford is unusual. it's much, much lighter. it needs to have the condensates stripped out of. so even with the light oil categories is a lot diversity we have a lot of information about. >> thank you, mr. chairman spent this time recommends that children from kentucky for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. but i think all the witnesses for the testimony and knowledge. i've learned a lot but i'm still not sure where i am on this issue. i'm curious can we talked about the potential downside and while everything looks wonderful right now with an abundance of oil and petroleum in the world and prices down that would seem to be mitigated against worrying about a crazy, but isn't it entirely possible that we could return to a 1970 situation? i was a staffer here in the '70s and remember those lines as well. would it not be useful to have at least some contingency measure of whether it's an international outbreak war, terrorism, whatever it may be done with some way to protect
we are probably going to have implications for nigeria and the north sea because that's -- the eagle ford is unusual. it's much, much lighter. it needs to have the condensates stripped out of. so even with the light oil categories is a lot diversity we have a lot of information about. >> thank you, mr. chairman spent this time recommends that children from kentucky for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. but i think all the witnesses for the testimony and knowledge....
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el 15 de abril 275 niÑas fueron secuestradas en una escuela en nigeria por terroristas de boco haram. aproximadamente 230 siguen desaparecidas a mediados de diciembre el mismo grupo matÓ 32 personas y secuestro a otra 185, oscar pistorius. escuchÓ su sentencia de cinco aÑos en prisiÓn por homicidio. la familia de la perciben o bien los fiscales dijeron que apelarÁn. el vaticano adoptÓ nos polÍticas hacia los sacerdotes vinculados abusos sexuales contra menores. el papa francisco se convirtiÓ primer pontÍfice la historia en ordenar un arresto de un nuncio por pederastia, este aÑo francisco santificÓ a juan pablo ii y juan xxiii siendo el tapatÍa con proclamado mÁs santos >> gracias por continuar en sintonÍa en paraguay un anciano de 71 aÑos cocteau una media de reclamo drÁsticas justificarse para de mandar el pago de sus derechos laborales. el trabajadores retirados se sumÓ a otros 4 hombres que se clavaron las manos en dÍas anteriores frente la embajada de brasil en asunciÓn. todos exigen el pavor atractivo de sus beneficios adeudados por empresas contratistas estam
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i give the floor to the representative of nigeria. >> i thank you, mr. president. nigeria believes in the critical role of the security council, in seeking lasting peace in the middle east based on security council resolutions, the support of land for peace, the roadmap for peace in the middle east and the arab peace initiative. we are convinced that collective action by this council is critical in advancing and expediting the peace process and serves as the most important catalyst in the conflict. nigeria's perspectives on the question of palestine have been consistently guided by positions regarding the rule of law and respect for the principles of international law and justice. we have an abiding respect for the committee of the palestinian people to self-determination or and independence. that is why we encourage both sides to demonstrate flexibility in their long-term strategic interest. there is no alternative to a two state solution with israel and palestine living together side by side in peace and security. nigeria remains supportive of the rights of the p
i give the floor to the representative of nigeria. >> i thank you, mr. president. nigeria believes in the critical role of the security council, in seeking lasting peace in the middle east based on security council resolutions, the support of land for peace, the roadmap for peace in the middle east and the arab peace initiative. we are convinced that collective action by this council is critical in advancing and expediting the peace process and serves as the most important catalyst in the...
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África occidental la zona mÁs afectada. 273 niÑas secuestradas en nigeria por terroristas. prÓximamente 230 desaparecidas. a mediados de diciembre se matÓ a 32 personas y secuestrar otras 185. pistourios escuchÓ su sentencia. la familia de su novia y los fiscales del caso dijeron que apelarÁn. >> se apelÓ nuevas medidas contra los curas abusadores. >> este aÑo francisco santificÓ a juan pablo ii y juan xxiii. decida usted cuÁl es la noticia internacional vo: ¿lo bueno después de las fiestas? aprovechar las grandes hola pa... de ofertas verizon. hola viejo... vo: lo no tan bueno: tener que dar unas cuantataaciones. ¿y esa tablet nueva? me la dió paco... ¿y esa bocina bose? de la tía felisa! ¿y ese smartphone? del trabajo... ayyy... mira lo que me regaló chacho! obtén más de lo bueno! llévate ahora gratis el increíble moto x en football leather. sólo en verizon. covered california ha ayudado a más de un millón de personas a inscribirse en un seguro de salud. hombres, mujeres y niños finalmente tienen acceso a cuidado médico. en coveredca.com/espanol e
África occidental la zona mÁs afectada. 273 niÑas secuestradas en nigeria por terroristas. prÓximamente 230 desaparecidas. a mediados de diciembre se matÓ a 32 personas y secuestrar otras 185. pistourios escuchÓ su sentencia. la familia de su novia y los fiscales del caso dijeron que apelarÁn. >> se apelÓ nuevas medidas contra los curas abusadores. >> este aÑo francisco santificÓ a juan pablo ii y juan xxiii. decida usted cuÁl es la noticia internacional vo: ¿lo bueno...
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did we bring back our girls from nigeria? >> yeah, it's like act vichl has viral fad that burns out very quick. >> and a large percentage of the people didn't know there was a charity invoefled. now, does the next charity say toem e to themselves well we could tell our story or that was a gimmick? >> in year has felt kind of like a tipping point. the year of talking about the fact. it's great. especially that who cur if you feel about the new york times piece and how she could be angry black women were so frustrating. it's kind of grat filling to see the backlash against that. >> i totally agree. it felt like a turning point. thank you all very much. back in a moment. e e [ female announcer ] a 3d white smile has the power to captivate. [ all cheering ] ♪ ♪ that's why shakira uses... crest 3d white with whitelock technology, removing up to ninety percent of surface stains and locking out future stains. so your smile always steals the show. and to get even faster whitening use this collection for a whiter smile in just 2 d
did we bring back our girls from nigeria? >> yeah, it's like act vichl has viral fad that burns out very quick. >> and a large percentage of the people didn't know there was a charity invoefled. now, does the next charity say toem e to themselves well we could tell our story or that was a gimmick? >> in year has felt kind of like a tipping point. the year of talking about the fact. it's great. especially that who cur if you feel about the new york times piece and how she could...
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and lifted nigeria. most of my life was in the u.k.. the script hit my doormat in july of that year. i have to -- i had this visceral reaction to reading not just the script but it was something about the man. i had a peripheral knowledge of him like a lot of people. the speech in march on washington. i felt god tell me i would lay this role. >> was it about the man that you saw that you need you could get that something about the dimensions of someone who was part of an american struggle but who was an american hero. >> he was an american hero but he did not walk around thinking i am a hero. i am an icon. he was a man with flaws and failings and weaknesses with transcendent qualities as well. where i connected with him is he is a man of faith and i am a man of faith. i am a father of four and he was a father of four. these were my entry points. he lived a life of not just talking about it at doing it. his great duration -- oration and things we know about him. he was plucked out of obscurity at the age of 26. and he did this for 30 yea
and lifted nigeria. most of my life was in the u.k.. the script hit my doormat in july of that year. i have to -- i had this visceral reaction to reading not just the script but it was something about the man. i had a peripheral knowledge of him like a lot of people. the speech in march on washington. i felt god tell me i would lay this role. >> was it about the man that you saw that you need you could get that something about the dimensions of someone who was part of an american struggle...
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. >> rose: was that from london or nigeria. >> that was from london. i was born in the u.k. but lived into niger from the ages of 6 to 13. but you know, most of my life was spent in the u.k. up until 2007. and yes the script hit my door mat in 2007 july of that year. and i just had this visceral deep spiritual reaction to reading not just the script but it was the man. there was something about the man. hi a very peripheral kind of knowledge of him like a lot of people the speech march on washington. but i felt god tell me that i was going to play this role and that is where it began. >> rose: what was it about the man that you saw that you knew if you could get that if would show us something about the dimensions of someone who was part of an american struggle but as an american hero. >> well that's the thing, exactly what you just say there, the man. he was an american hero but he didn't walk around in his life thinking i'm a hero i'm an icon i'm a hysterical-- historical figure. he was a man with flaws with failings, with witnesses with transcendent qualities as well am b
. >> rose: was that from london or nigeria. >> that was from london. i was born in the u.k. but lived into niger from the ages of 6 to 13. but you know, most of my life was spent in the u.k. up until 2007. and yes the script hit my door mat in 2007 july of that year. and i just had this visceral deep spiritual reaction to reading not just the script but it was the man. there was something about the man. hi a very peripheral kind of knowledge of him like a lot of people the speech...
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in nigeria is a bit political. so i don't think, i don't think there's a very clear understanding, a very clear consensus on it. i'm not aware of one single government which will save no, no, no. we definitely think is a good idea. it is just that the prime minister's and finance ministers are looking for the political tactics to do that. and again if you post that come in this country talk about a very substantial proportion of the economically average person to you should not be surprised it is a couple good process but i do think they have made progress. i think i wouldn't characterize it as a failing. >> if i could you share an anecdote empty chair at the national press club there's a meeting with all the heads of there's energy trade associations, and make presentations on the stated industry. the year ago i got up and asked a question but i said, how many other industries would agree to give up all the subsidies you receive if we got rid of all the subsidies that would put on a carbon tax? so everybody would
in nigeria is a bit political. so i don't think, i don't think there's a very clear understanding, a very clear consensus on it. i'm not aware of one single government which will save no, no, no. we definitely think is a good idea. it is just that the prime minister's and finance ministers are looking for the political tactics to do that. and again if you post that come in this country talk about a very substantial proportion of the economically average person to you should not be surprised it...
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we did a program called the business women's app, which was based -- we had it in tanzania, and in nigeria. i'm sure there are students year from the economics department and they will probably agree with me that sometimes the business concepts aren't necessarily natural. i met many women with businesses who think, so long as i produce things and keep churning them out, surely, i will have a successful business. where in fact, it is all about as you said, the pno and was the difference between capital and income. there are all sorts of concept you deal with when you take on other employees. so we tried to put together using text messaging, a nano mba. basic tips for business women using the mobile phone. they get four text messages a week with information worked on with local universities so it was properly specific information they needed to know for their countries. it was in the local language. and we have that course. we just today, thanks to the exxon mobil foundation, we were able to publish the results. it shows quite clearly, if you can give targeted information to the women like t
we did a program called the business women's app, which was based -- we had it in tanzania, and in nigeria. i'm sure there are students year from the economics department and they will probably agree with me that sometimes the business concepts aren't necessarily natural. i met many women with businesses who think, so long as i produce things and keep churning them out, surely, i will have a successful business. where in fact, it is all about as you said, the pno and was the difference between...
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. >> that distinction belongs to a nigeria oil magnate. the six two-year old started as a secretary but later studied fashion design and started her own label called supreme stitches. most of her wealth comes from an oil exploration license grant todd her company, and it is worth at least $3.3 billion. >> oh, no. >> oprah is about 300 million short of that. >> oprah is over 2 billion. >> oh, yeah. >> 2.2 billion, something like that. >> they should go and just have lunch together. >> and in third place is mo'ne davis. but another big honor for our little league superstar. philadelphia's own mo'ne davis is now on the associated press, female athlete of year. she is number one. >> back in august she became that instant celebrity in the little league world series with her team taney dragons. american editors and news directors select davis for this new honor. she's the youngest winner in history. >> you know, i have a picture with her. >> really. >> so do i. >> with a young woman on the list, i think she was number three on the list. >> were,
. >> that distinction belongs to a nigeria oil magnate. the six two-year old started as a secretary but later studied fashion design and started her own label called supreme stitches. most of her wealth comes from an oil exploration license grant todd her company, and it is worth at least $3.3 billion. >> oh, no. >> oprah is about 300 million short of that. >> oprah is over 2 billion. >> oh, yeah. >> 2.2 billion, something like that. >> they should go...
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. >> one of the stories of the year has been with the girls kidnapped in nigeria. how in any crisis where things go bad, things go worse for little girls. that photo is so beautiful the way the eyes match the blanket that she's wearing and yet so devastatingly sad. >> another one of yours is a man being lynched in the central african republic by an opposing group. it's a photo that difficult to look at. you know the man is minutes from his demise. there are some photographs recently saying it's powerful but it's too much for our audience audience? >> that's definitely true. if the horror of the photo gets in the way of telling the story, that would be a reason we would exclude it. the foes that have a great emotion are wonderful. the photo of derek jeter when he hits the last home run, i think it's the ninth inning against the the baltimore orioles. it was a game winning home run. we can speculate on the baltimore orioles. >> why you knocking baltimore? good thing thomas roberts is not there. let's add one. this will be next year's. >> that's absolutely going to be
. >> one of the stories of the year has been with the girls kidnapped in nigeria. how in any crisis where things go bad, things go worse for little girls. that photo is so beautiful the way the eyes match the blanket that she's wearing and yet so devastatingly sad. >> another one of yours is a man being lynched in the central african republic by an opposing group. it's a photo that difficult to look at. you know the man is minutes from his demise. there are some photographs recently...
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. >> escaped boko haram fighters in northern nigeria. her husband was murder by the group in jamena but at least her daughtersdaughters survived. >> translator: we ran away on a very narrow road, someone on the motor bike crashed and ran over reply foot. we were afraid boko haram would take away our things. >> set along cape chad, they lurk behind these mangroves where they reportedly hit some of the kidnapped owner nigerian school girls earlier this year. tens of thousands of nigerians have crossed over to nigh niger. >> the figures that we have show that there are around 80,000 refugees in the defa region and every day that goes by the number rises. because they have to be looked after it marines these people cannot be cared for in the way they were when the crisis began. >> food is scarce and life is hard, but many of these refugees may consider themselves lucky because while the threat of boko haram lingers, it is not as bad as it was back in nigeria. ali mustafa nigeria. >> seeks to establish oconsensus government. the agreement com
. >> escaped boko haram fighters in northern nigeria. her husband was murder by the group in jamena but at least her daughtersdaughters survived. >> translator: we ran away on a very narrow road, someone on the motor bike crashed and ran over reply foot. we were afraid boko haram would take away our things. >> set along cape chad, they lurk behind these mangroves where they reportedly hit some of the kidnapped owner nigerian school girls earlier this year. tens of thousands of...
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screeria -- nigeria. - . the ten-hour drive, frankly was definitely worth it. according to your program, what we're supposed to do today is first offer some insights speak briefly on a portion of the campaign they believed to be particularly illuminating. two things i'll do real quickly, if i can, the first one deals with spring hill. spring hill was the day before the battle of franklin and what it represented was a lost opportunity to attack some union troops either at spring hill itself or some who were in colombia and would come up to franklin pike that night. essentially what happened is a profound mystery in many ways. hood planned a flanking movement which was extremely successful. in fact there were federal troops still at columbia who were going to come up the pike that night. they failed to do two things. they could have launched an attack on the yankees who were in spring hill. they did not do that. there was a fight but it was not the larger fight that i think the generals had contemplated. the other thing they could have done potentially was to cut
screeria -- nigeria. - . the ten-hour drive, frankly was definitely worth it. according to your program, what we're supposed to do today is first offer some insights speak briefly on a portion of the campaign they believed to be particularly illuminating. two things i'll do real quickly, if i can, the first one deals with spring hill. spring hill was the day before the battle of franklin and what it represented was a lost opportunity to attack some union troops either at spring hill itself or...
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the question is, will venezuela, angola, nigeria reduce their productions. they all need cash flow like the russians do. they need the cash flow that is coming from production of $100 crude oil and with prices at 50, they need theoretically to produce twice as much. they won't, but they're not going to curtail. . good to see you. >> happy new year to you, mel. >> so, we will most certainly see 40 bucks a barrel says dennis gartman. does that then become, is that bter for the u.s. economy or a sign of trouble? >> i don't think it's a sign of trouble, mel, but i think it's a sign of trouble for the stocks in that space and i think that's being priced into many of those stocks right now. has been already priced in in some cases. i think there's more pain to come in many of those cases though. kelly evans was just doing on closing bell, one of those stocks i wasn't as familiar with that had broken all the way down and was substantially down in the afterhours due to the reduction in demand for their services. so, are we going to continue to see that in yes. is ha
the question is, will venezuela, angola, nigeria reduce their productions. they all need cash flow like the russians do. they need the cash flow that is coming from production of $100 crude oil and with prices at 50, they need theoretically to produce twice as much. they won't, but they're not going to curtail. . good to see you. >> happy new year to you, mel. >> so, we will most certainly see 40 bucks a barrel says dennis gartman. does that then become, is that bter for the u.s....
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boca horam kidnaped hundreds of school girls in nigeria in april and threatened to sell them into slavery. >> found guilty. >> reporter: south african judge sentenced para olympic tractor oscar pistorius to five years in prison for shooting his girlfriend to death. malaysia airlines flight that disappeared in july with 239 people was never found. another malaysia airlines plane was shot down over eastern ukraine killing will 298 people. during the revolution in ukraine, russia troops took control of crimea, russia also held a successful winter olympic games in sochi. the british are getting ready to welcome another royal baby in the spring. alfonso ran marsh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good evening everyone. still a very busy evening. if you are traveling on our majors. i-95 commuting southbound out of the area of the northeast down through the vine street expressway. it is not awful but through construction zones you will notice a drop in speed. also northbound on i-95 from penns landing up through cottman avenue no fun zone as well as vine street expressway. if you are traveling on
boca horam kidnaped hundreds of school girls in nigeria in april and threatened to sell them into slavery. >> found guilty. >> reporter: south african judge sentenced para olympic tractor oscar pistorius to five years in prison for shooting his girlfriend to death. malaysia airlines flight that disappeared in july with 239 people was never found. another malaysia airlines plane was shot down over eastern ukraine killing will 298 people. during the revolution in ukraine, russia...
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and people in nigeria's largest cities are being suffering for one of life's most basic needs. of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. tonight 9:00 eastern. >> and that's a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to free three al jazeera journalists. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for exactly a year. all surviving passengers have been successfully lifted from a ferry that caught fire near the italian coast on sunday. eight people are now known to have died. and the head of an indonesian search team session a missing yaishedairasia plane is likely at the bottom of the java sea flight qz8501 was on way from surabaya to singapore with 161 on board. >>> suicide bomb blast in iraq couple attack happened in the taiji area. northwest of baghdad. providing food and drings to drinks to samararra. samarra-bound knowledge pilgrims. >> body taken to home town of havaz in southwestern iran where he will be burie
and people in nigeria's largest cities are being suffering for one of life's most basic needs. of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. tonight 9:00 eastern. >> and that's a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. journalists around the world have stopped work and called on egypt's government to free three al jazeera journalists. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been in prison for...
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nigeria for example. 22% of all families now plan foodless days. it's not are we going to eat once a day. but some days we're not going to eat. the same thing is true for ethiopia, indian, bangladesh peru. a large percentage of families usually around 20% -- 24% now plan foodless days. they know they can't afford to eat every day. we should be able to eat five days a week. so we'll skip wednesday and saturday. this is new. we've not had this before where people realize they simply cannot eat every day and it becomes part of their lifestyle. it's been so recent that we don't really have much research on the consequences of what this means particularly for young people and their physical and mental development. but it is one of the most, i think one of the most serious issues that we face today but it is not yet been recognized as such. >> thank you. thank you, lester that sort of sets the -- the ground floor here because food and water are the real two essentials. i'm going to go to marilyn next. and i'm going to put her a little bit on the hot spot
nigeria for example. 22% of all families now plan foodless days. it's not are we going to eat once a day. but some days we're not going to eat. the same thing is true for ethiopia, indian, bangladesh peru. a large percentage of families usually around 20% -- 24% now plan foodless days. they know they can't afford to eat every day. we should be able to eat five days a week. so we'll skip wednesday and saturday. this is new. we've not had this before where people realize they simply cannot eat...
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in the northeastern part of nigeria, and these attacks may be like a retaliation. but of course boko haram is over ambitious. counties like chad niger and cameroon, this is an attempt to keep boko haram into cameroon? this is not certain. places like this has supporters where boko haram fighters have been known to operate for the last three or four years. these attempts to actively participate or commit more resources to try to dislodge boko haram from its territory as they do theory own part their own part in boko haram. they are in areas that are being controlled by the insurgents. there are also other areas currently under their control. places like yorba state. >> suicide-bombers killed 21 shia pilgrims in iraq. it happened north of baghdad. the bomber detonated inside a tempt offering drinks and food in to those headed to a shrine next week. 45 others have been injured, 14 people have been reported to be killed in yemen in fighting between tribesman and mouth rebels. it happened north of sanaa. they say tribal members resisted when houthi stormed a home of a t
in the northeastern part of nigeria, and these attacks may be like a retaliation. but of course boko haram is over ambitious. counties like chad niger and cameroon, this is an attempt to keep boko haram into cameroon? this is not certain. places like this has supporters where boko haram fighters have been known to operate for the last three or four years. these attempts to actively participate or commit more resources to try to dislodge boko haram from its territory as they do theory own part...
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. >>> nigeria has declared war against boko haram. attacked five separate villages and a mill tri military camp near cameroon. the rise in attacks on cameroon in the past month. >> well, basically, boko haram has become overambitious in the last one year or so-and-so it's widened its attack not only on northeastern nigeria but parts of cameroon as well. this day in particular it has stepped up its operations in cameroon. some people suggest that this may not be connected with cameroon's participation or willingness to participate in the fight against boko haram in northwest nigeria. we have also seen how cameroon in the last three months or so has stepped up its operations and killed hundreds of boarm boko haram fighters and contributed to fight against boko haram on cameroon soil. >> does this suggest that boko haram has shifted its base now to cameroon? >> last week we heard the cameroon authorities say they have destroyed a training camp of boko haram in cameroon. as we know the base of boko haram basically is in the northeast of n
. >>> nigeria has declared war against boko haram. attacked five separate villages and a mill tri military camp near cameroon. the rise in attacks on cameroon in the past month. >> well, basically, boko haram has become overambitious in the last one year or so-and-so it's widened its attack not only on northeastern nigeria but parts of cameroon as well. this day in particular it has stepped up its operations in cameroon. some people suggest that this may not be connected with...
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in nigeria's capital many people do not have proper access to water. the government has a solution activists say it's not working. we have this respect fro lagos. >> for this perp water coming out of the -- person water coming out of the tap is not for granted. her family had to dig a borehole to get water. the water had to be pumped and saved in a tank which means having a generator for when power goes off. >> it shouldn't be difficult, but i do know what they are doing. they can't explain to us why we don't have water. access to water has long been a problem in the city of 20 million people. there's not enough government funding for the sector. many have to resort to relying on unsafe sources of water. water sellers are a fixture, a jerry can on average going for $0.50, a medium sized family goes for at least a day. it's a bill that adds up. some opt for streams and rainwater. water demand in the city is about 540 million gallons a day. existing projects are only able to provide. >> we must be able to develop existing water schemes, we are targetting
in nigeria's capital many people do not have proper access to water. the government has a solution activists say it's not working. we have this respect fro lagos. >> for this perp water coming out of the -- person water coming out of the tap is not for granted. her family had to dig a borehole to get water. the water had to be pumped and saved in a tank which means having a generator for when power goes off. >> it shouldn't be difficult, but i do know what they are doing. they can't...
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. >>> meanwhile, nigeria is looking to protect members of the cartel. speaking over the weekend, the country's leader said the market should regulate prices. >>> meanwhile, the german government is reportedly expecting lower prices to help the country's economy in 2015 citing that the germans expect the boost in growth to 0.30%. let's get back to the chief economist here julga, the average price of $70 per barrel of brent, is that right? >> it's a little up from current levels but still well below where oil prices were until the middle of this year. so that is a significant boost to the economy. and my guess is it will probably be at least quite a strong boost than what the german economs ministry expects. >> we talk a lot about the consumer, they get less in their pocket, but what does this mean for the corporate sector? >> the long-term benefit may be vegan. directly part of energy indirectly as quite a few chemicals are based on oil. but more importantly, oil, now that it is cheaper, redistributes global income away from countries such as venezuela o
. >>> meanwhile, nigeria is looking to protect members of the cartel. speaking over the weekend, the country's leader said the market should regulate prices. >>> meanwhile, the german government is reportedly expecting lower prices to help the country's economy in 2015 citing that the germans expect the boost in growth to 0.30%. let's get back to the chief economist here julga, the average price of $70 per barrel of brent, is that right? >> it's a little up from current...
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i now give the floor to the representative of nigeria. >> thank you very much, mr. president. my delegation thanks others for their briefings. [indiscernible] insuring that all human beings live in dignity. we also believe all states have an obligation to promote and protect the rights of their citizens. as one of the three principles of united nations, the organization has appropriate mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights across the globe. this mechanism includes special procedures, the review. nigeria knows that the dprk participated in the first and second circles of the -- we also note that the ambassador of the dprk met with this special representative on the situation of human rights in the dprk in october. nigeria encourages the dprk to maintain and indeed strengthen its engagement with the human rights council and -- with a view to promoting and protecting the rights of its citizens. i thank you. >> i thank the representative from nigeria for his statement and i now give the floor to the representative of luxembourg. >> thank you, president. i would like
i now give the floor to the representative of nigeria. >> thank you very much, mr. president. my delegation thanks others for their briefings. [indiscernible] insuring that all human beings live in dignity. we also believe all states have an obligation to promote and protect the rights of their citizens. as one of the three principles of united nations, the organization has appropriate mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights across the globe. this mechanism includes special...
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like mustafa, they struggle and survive >>> in nigeria's capital many people do not have proper access to water. the government says it has a solution. activists say it's not working. >> reporter: for this person water coming out of the tap is not for granted. like everywhere in the compound her family had to dig a borehole to get water. it had to be pumped and stay in a tank. it had to have a generator if the power goes off. >> i don't know what they do. they cannot explain to us why we don't have water. >> reporter: access to water has been a problem in the city of 20 million people. there's not enough government funding for the sector. many people resort to drilling boreholes or relying on unsafe sources of water. water sellers are a fixture in neighbourhoods. a jerie can on average going tore $0.15, a medium sized family needing four a day. it's a bill that adds up not everyone can afford it. some opt for streams and rainwater. water demand in the city is 540 million. existing municipal water projects are only able to provide 200 million gallons. the government says it led it to pa
like mustafa, they struggle and survive >>> in nigeria's capital many people do not have proper access to water. the government says it has a solution. activists say it's not working. >> reporter: for this person water coming out of the tap is not for granted. like everywhere in the compound her family had to dig a borehole to get water. it had to be pumped and stay in a tank. it had to have a generator if the power goes off. >> i don't know what they do. they cannot...
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. >> let me take two countries pakistan and nigeria. 50% of the children in both of those countries are not in school. >> at all. >> at all. they have no schools; they don't even have trees under which a teacher might stand. >> you're saying, give them a laptop even if they don't go to school? >> especially if they don't go to school. >> oh, my. >> if they don't go to school, this is school in a box. >> negroponte took a leave of absence from mit and has done little else but work on this ever since. so, nicholas negroponte... >> yes. >> what's in it for you? >> nothing. absolutely nothing. >> he says it's purely humanitarian and nonprofit. with start-up money from google and other big companies, he assembled a team of engineers and programmers to come up with something that would stand up to third world conditions. >> you can pour water on the keyboard. you can dip it into--you know, you can dip the base into a bathtub. you can carry it in the rain. it's more robust than your normal laptop. it doesn't even have holes in the side, if you look at it. you know, dirt, sand--i mean there's n
. >> let me take two countries pakistan and nigeria. 50% of the children in both of those countries are not in school. >> at all. >> at all. they have no schools; they don't even have trees under which a teacher might stand. >> you're saying, give them a laptop even if they don't go to school? >> especially if they don't go to school. >> oh, my. >> if they don't go to school, this is school in a box. >> negroponte took a leave of absence from mit...
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diverse nation in the world, more diverse than iran or afghanistan, but far less diverse and vietnam nigeria, or new zealand. some might say that the preponderance of american religious diversity lies not in how we rank in majority versus minority numbers. but instead in the vast diverse city that we have among the non-christians. on the one hand, there is some truth to that. in our country, you can find almost any type of faith if you go looking for it. on the other hand, this acceptance must be viewed with great caution. consider, for example, that the vast majority of america's non-christian population the vast majority of those claim to have no religion at all. a group that is rapidly approaching 20% of all americans . we are going to hear about this later. while the other religious minorities put together, jews, muslims, hindus and on, when you put them all together, they totaled just 5.3% of the population. a lost everything in the world can be found somewhere in the united states. america can still make little claim to be among the most religiously diverse nations in the world. it is
diverse nation in the world, more diverse than iran or afghanistan, but far less diverse and vietnam nigeria, or new zealand. some might say that the preponderance of american religious diversity lies not in how we rank in majority versus minority numbers. but instead in the vast diverse city that we have among the non-christians. on the one hand, there is some truth to that. in our country, you can find almost any type of faith if you go looking for it. on the other hand, this acceptance must...